COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. --- South Dakota Mines track and field athletes
Erica Keeble,
Jenna Sayler and
Andrew Ferris were named All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference First Team announced on Monday from the league office in Colorado Springs, Colorado, while
Dakin Nolan,
Ty Nickerson,
Jared Wilson,
Kamryn Scully, Sayler and
Macy McClure were announced as All-RMAC Second Team selections.
To earn a spot on the All-RMAC First Team, competitors had to have placed 1-3 during an event at the RMAC Indoor Championships which were held last month in Spearfish, South Dakota. To get second-team honors, athletes had to place 4-6 during an event at the meet.
Keeble, who earned NCAA Div. II All-American status after finishing in sixth place during the women's pole vault at the NCAA Div. II Indoor Championships earlier this month, won her third-consecutive women's pole vault title during the RMAC Indoor Championships. She did so, by clearing a height of 12-feet-2-inches to win the event.
Sayler earned her RMAC First Team selection after placing second during the weight throw. She registered a mark of 55-9.75 to earn the runner-up honors. She also notched a fifth-place finish in the shot put for a RMAC Second Team nod. In that event, Sayler posted a mark of 40-11.5.
Ferris clocked a time of 1 minute 56.19 seconds to finish third place in the men's 800 run. That time was good enough for his first RMAC Indoor First Team selection.
Making the second team: Nolan secured fifth place in the weight throw with a toss of 53-1;
Macy McClure took sixth in the weight throw, posting a length of 53-2.75; Nickerson finished fourth in the pole vault, clearing a height of 15-9.25; Wilson was sixth in the pole vault with a height of 14-9.5; Scully took fifth in the pole vault after clearing a height of 11.6-25.
"I'm very proud of these individuals," said Hardrocker track and field head coach
Steve Johnson. "It's difficult to be competitive in the RMAC but our athletes continue to elevate their performances and are consistently striving to better themselves and the program."
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